03 Dec, 2024 Explore our Tech Legal Outlook 2025 By Clare Murray Elaine Choo We are pleased to launch our Tech Legal Outlook 2025 which explores key global trends and legal developments in the tech sector. 2025...
17 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #5 – AI in payments By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less The payments industry has a strong track record of using AI to help spot and stop fraud. Now, as they explore other opportunities to...
17 Jan, 2025 The European Commission's Recommendation on outbound investment in technology areas: what does it cover, and how does it differ from the US approach? By Christoph Barth Neil Hoolihan Jonathan Gafni Erasmia Petousi +1 more... Show less The European Commission has published its Recommendation on reviewing outbound investments in technology areas that are critical for the...
16 Jan, 2025 US consumer digital payments under the spotlight: Key CFPB initiatives to target crypto, video games and more By Joshua Klayman Zila Acosta Grimes Nina Zegarra-Schmidt The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has recently taken significant steps to strengthen consumer protections in...
16 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #4 – Future of retail payments By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Policymakers in the EU and UK are, for now, allowing a diverse landscape of payment options to co-exist and compete. Instant payments The...
15 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #3 – Payment services By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less More regulatory change is on the horizon for payment services. The detail of key reforms to EU and UK payment services legislation will...
14 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #2 – Safeguarding By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Later this year the Financial Conduct Authority will determine its approach to changing the safeguarding regime for payments firms....
13 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #1 – Operational resilience By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Operational resilience rules will start to be enforced in the EU and UK this year. Payments firms can anticipate more scrutiny about...
10 Jan, 2025 UK Government proposes copyright and AI reform mirroring EU approach By Paul Joseph Kathy Berry The UK government has launched a consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence which will run for 10 weeks, closing on 25...
31 Dec, 2024 Korea’s Won? South Korea’s AI Basic Act: Asia’s first comprehensive AI legislation By Alex Roberts Eunice Lee Jerry Wang WOn December 26, Korea passed the Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of Trust (AI Basic Act). This...
19 Dec, 2024 Exchanging experiences: Legal Summit at the Prague Game Developers Session 2024 By Laetitia Nicolazzi The video game sector has emerged as the largest segment within the interactive entertainment industry, continuously evolving also thanks...
18 Dec, 2024 EU says good-quality DORA registers are within reach By Raza Naeem James Morris Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less Earlier this year around 1,000 firms took part in a “dry-run” to test the process for reporting registers under the EU’s Digital...
17 Dec, 2024 Navigating the competition law landscape in the age of generative AI By Lodewick Prompers William Leslie Schweta Batohi Gen AI is fast becoming the favourite new topic of countless competition authorities. In this blog post we provide background on the Gen...
16 Dec, 2024 FCA takes first step on its crypto roadmap By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke +2 more... Show less The FCA recently issued its crypto roadmap to map the future development of a comprehensive regulatory regime for cryptoassets. Now the...
16 Dec, 2024 Riot Games’ International Arbitration Court: A new dawn for esports dispute resolution By Tom Cassels Sinziana Ianc Benja Arnott Vivien Li Elio Cunico Salma Shitia Dylan Wyatt +4 more... Show less We consider Riot Games' establishment of an arbitration court to manage esports disputes in League of Legends and Valorant and discuss...
12 Dec, 2024 UK opens review of its administration regime for payment firms By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Sam Quicke +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has launched an independent review of PESAR, the Payment and Electronic Money Special Administration Regime. PESAR was...
11 Dec, 2024 UK – The Government perspective on the Data (Use and Access) Bill: Third time lucky? By Richard Cumbley Julian Cunningham-Day Georgina Kon Greg Palmer +1 more... Show less We were delighted to welcome Privacy Law & Business to Silk Street to discuss the new Data (Use and Access) Bill. An august panel of...